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🚂 Mattel To Use Sabic’s Certified Renewable Polymers
SABIC announced a collaboration with Mattel to incorporate certified renewable polymers from SABIC’s TRUCIRCLE™ program across the toy giant’s products offering.
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🪵 New Biomaterial Made From Sawdust Powder Could Substitute Styrofoam
Researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered how to convert leftover sawdust powder and agro-residues into a styrofoam-like packaging material. This means that the resulting biomaterial could replace millions of single-use plastic items.
🚢 Norden to Use Biofuels Made From Cooking Oil
The Danish shipping company has announced a carbon-neutral biofuel sailing option for customers looking to decarbonize their supply chains and reduce their environmental impact. The company secured the supply of biofuel made from waste cooking oil.
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💰 Avantium Reaches Financial Close for its FDCA Flagship Plant
Avantium announced that it has reached Financial Close for the construction of its FDCA Flagship Plant in the Netherlands. The world’s first commercial FDCA factory is set to produce 5 kilotonnes of FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) per annum, the key building block for the 100% fossil-free, recyclable polymer PEF (polyethylene furanoate).
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🇺🇸 Enviva To Build New Pellet Facility In Mississippi
The world’s largest producer of industrial wood pellets, will invest €229 million in a new wood pellet production facility in Mississippi, USA. Enviva’s growth strategy is to double pellet production capacity from 6.2 million tonnes annually to around 13 million tonnes over the next five years.
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📦 Braskem and Sojitz to Collaborate on Bio MEG and Bio MPG Tech
Braskem and Sojitz Corporation announced a joint venture to produce and market bio MEG (monoethylene glycol) and bio MPG (monopropylene glycol). The agreement will include the construction of three industrial units hoping to begin operations in 2025.
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